Dad's Sugar Cream Pie recipe

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Ingredients

2 cups milk
1 cup white sugar
6 tablespoons butter
¼ cup cornstarch
¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (9 inch) baked pie crust
1 pinch nutmeg

Nutrition Info

401.1 calories
carbohydrate: 52.5 g
cholesterol: 37 mg
fat: 20.1 g
fiber: 0.3 g
protein: 3.8 g
saturatedFat: 10.6 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 251.5 mg
sugar: 38.1 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Combine milk, sugar, and butter together in a 2-quart saucepan over medium-high heat, cook and stir until butter melts, 3 to 5 minutes. Pour about 1 cup milk mixture into a bowl and whisk cornstarch into mixture until smooth. Pour milk-cornstarch mixture back into the saucepan. Cook, stirring constantly, over medium heat until thickened, 5 to 10 minutes.

  2. Pour milk mixture into the pie crust and sprinkle with nutmeg. Refrigerate pie until firm, about 3 hours.

Recipe Yield

6 servings

Recipe Note

This is my grandmother's recipe from the early 1900s and was a favorite of my dad's. I think of them both whenever I make it!

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